Chapter 882: Eagle Battalion
It stands to reason that it should not be the regular army that escorts the baggage, even if it is a regular army, with the strength in Zhang Bao'er's hands, he is sure to eat them all. Of course, Zhang Baoer didn't know that it was Qu Dibo who lured him to ambush this time, as a famous general, Qu Dibo, of course, made an extraordinary move, in fact, this time it was the strongest eagle battalion in the Great Food Army, and their combat effectiveness was more than a step higher than that of the ordinary Great Food Cavalry.
The cavalry of the Eagle Battalion are all veterans of war for many years, and most of the junior officers and even soldiers are big food nobles. After years of conquest, no cavalry recruits have been recruited to replenish it, and all that has been retained is the essence of precipitation. The Eagle Battalion has participated in more than 100 battles and has never lost a battle, and is regarded as a hero battalion by the Great Food Army, and also calls itself the "Winning Army".
The Eagle Battalion was all battle-hardened and extremely slippery cavalry, and they knew that they could only go to Kangju City through Shipanwa, but they also found that this area was extremely conducive to setting up ambushes, so they sent a cavalry into the ditch to reconnoiter before entering Shipanwa.
The experienced cavalry of the Great Food Eater was the first to be discovered by Huo Qiang, who had no formal training, and he rode on horseback to shoot two arrows first, and the two Sogdians responded with arrows.
From the superb archery skills of this big food cavalryman, Zhang Baoer felt a trace of strangeness: the opponent of this ambush is not simple.
Originally, they were going to fight an ambush battle, but they didn't expect that before the big cannibals entered the ambush circle, their attempt was discovered by the other party.
Fight or withdraw, Zhang Baoer is in a dilemma.
Before Zhang Baoer could make a decision, Da Shi made a move first.
The Great Eclipse cavalry found that there was an ambush on the eastern slope of Shipanwa, and the experienced Great Eclipse officer realized that there was likely to be an ambush on the eastern slope and the northern hill, but he regarded his cavalry as a "winning army" that won all battles, and the leading officer did not withdraw after quickly observing the terrain, but avoided the hill due north, and suddenly led the cavalry into the ravine, and launched a fierce attack directly on the slope of the west side of the ravine.
Zhang Bao'er didn't expect that the big cannibal would attack the mountain knowing that there was an ambush, so how could the fat in his mouth be spit out again?
Thus, an ambush turned into an encounter.
The Great Eater cavalry suddenly rushed in and swooped down on the western slope.
This trick is very clever.
Although the stone panwa is the terrain of two mountains and a ditch, but the distance between the east and west sides of the mountain is far, the big food cavalry did not enter the middle of the ravine, but concentrated on the west slope, so as to avoid the east slope and the north of the hill to attack, and the west slope of the slope is gentle, the cavalry can directly ride horses to rush up.
The Eagle Battalion really deserved to be called the "ever-victorious army", riding on the back of a horse running up the hill to shoot arrows, and almost all the arrows could hit the target at a distance of two or three hundred paces.
Hou Huai'an's subordinates were also the elite of the Tubo army, but they were caught off guard by the attack of the Eagle Battalion, and they suddenly became chaotic.
Zhang Bao'er saw clearly on the hill on the north side, if the Great Eclipse cavalry occupied the slope on the west side of the ravine, not only would the ambush circle be broken and it would be difficult to become an ambush again, but also in the face of the extremely powerful Great Eclipse Cavalry, it would be very difficult for Hou Huaian and his men to withdraw, and even Huo Qiang and his men would be very likely to be eaten by the other party in turn.
Fortunately, Hou Huai'an remained calm enough in the face of the sudden and severe situation, and although he temporarily fell into passivity due to unexpected sudden circumstances, he thought of an effective way to meet the enemy in time.
Hou Huai'an ordered his subordinates to find some big stones on the spot, and rolled down towards the big food cavalry who rushed to the top of the mountain, although the stones failed to cause damage to the big food cavalry, but the big food cavalry could only stop their horses in order to avoid the stones. The horses running towards the hill stopped sharply on the slope of the hill with a slope, and could no longer rush up, and the cavalry in front had no choice but to run down, so they had to retreat with the cavalry behind.
Hou Huai'an's strategy in an emergency temporarily forced back the Great Eater Cavalry, which almost rushed up in one fell swoop, and won precious time to adjust his tactics.
When the retreating Great Eclipse cavalry rushed up for the second time, under the command of Hou Huai'an, the Tubo people no longer had the panic they began to have, and they calmly aimed at the target and shot arrows at the Great Eclipse cavalry that pounced on them.
The Great Food Cavalry of the Eagle Battalion has superb riding and archery skills, and the elite soldiers selected by the thousands of soldiers in the Tubo army are not vegetarians. Besides, the big cannibal who charged on horseback could not shoot an arrow on the head of the target that could not compare to the Tibetan man standing on the ground.
In the face of the calm response to the Tubo people, the Great Eclipse cavalry gradually fell into the disadvantage and was constantly shot off the horse's back.
The Great Eclipse Cavalry, which launched a second charge, only rushed halfway up the hill this time, and was pressed back, and paid dozens of casualties, and the Eagle Battalion's attempt to launch a surprise attack against the guest was a complete failure.
The commanding officer of the Great Eclipse Cavalry found that the opponent he encountered was superb in archery and was also hard, and realized that he would definitely not be able to take advantage, so he immediately ordered to give up the initiative to attack and rush out of the ravine to break away from the battle.
In fact, the Eagle Battalion had been told before the escort mission that they would definitely be ambushed on the way, and the ambush location was Shipanwa. In other words, they are just decoys, and the task is to drag the opponent for half an hour and wait for the army to arrive and annihilate all the opponents.
The Eagle Battalion launched two attacks before and after, and with the time delayed before, it was almost half an hour, and the Eagle Battalion's mission had been completed, and they could withdraw from the battle.
The Eagle Battalion wanted to retreat, but they never expected that Zhang Baoer didn't plan to let them leave so easily.
The Great Eclipse cavalry suddenly attacked the western hillside, which made Hou Huai'an and his men passive for a while, but Zhang Bao'er soon found that Hou Huai'an could withstand it. Under these circumstances, Zhang Baoer did not order Luzhou Tuanlian and Huo Qiang's men to rush over to support. When the Eagle Battalion wanted to rush out, Zhang Baoer had already blocked its retreat.
The exit of the Shipanwa ravine is in the northwest direction, relatively narrow and the terrain is relatively open, under such terrain conditions, the archery of the Luzhou regiment has played an important role, and the accurate archery of the distance has continuously hit the big cannibals, and the eagle battalion has paid dozens of casualties and failed to break out of the ravine.
After encountering two rounds of resistance in a row, nearly half of the casualties were lost, and the officer commanding the Great Food understood that if he wanted to break through from the Shipan Valley, he could only increase the casualties, so he immediately ordered the remaining Great Food cavalry to dismount and respond to the battle, relying on the mountains and rocks in the ditch to wait for reinforcements.
The on-the-spot command of the Great Food Officer reacted quite quickly, and the battlefield response of his elite cavalry was also very fast. Except for a small number of people who continued to feint, the rest of the cavalry immediately withdrew to the south of Shipanwa, put their horses behind, and waited for reinforcements by relying on the terrain in the ditch.
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